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Stephanus, Byzantius. De Urbibus [graece], edited by Aldus Manutius, text in Greek, double column, initials spaces with guide-letters, sig. F blank as called for, here ruled in red pencil, occasional early ink marginalia, a few later orange pencil fingerposts, lightly foxed, some staining, antique style blind-tooled calf with central gilt lettering, lightly stained, [Adams S-1717; Ahmanson Murphy 53; Renouard, Alde, 38: 15; EDIT 16 CNCE 36142, folio, Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1502.
*** Editio princeps of this work on Italian cities. The manuscript that was worked from was incomplete and so Aldus indicated the lacuna by omitting the letter F in the collation and encouraged the reader to supply the missing text should it be rediscovered.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/686043c8-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/3dd4ee37-2d91-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "215
Stephanus, Byzantius. De Urbibus [graece], edited by Aldus Manutius, text in Greek, double column, initials spaces with guide-letters, sig. F blank as called for, here ruled in red pencil, occasional early ink marginalia, a few later orange pencil fingerposts, lightly foxed, some staining, antique style blind-tooled calf with central gilt lettering, lightly stained, [Adams S-1717; Ahmanson Murphy 53; Renouard, Alde, 38: 15; EDIT 16 CNCE 36142, folio, Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1502.
*** Editio princeps of this work on Italian cities. The manuscript that was worked from was incomplete and so Aldus indicated the lacuna by omitting the letter F in the collation and encouraged the reader to supply the missing text should it be rediscovered.")
Description
Stephanus, Byzantius. De Urbibus [graece], edited by Aldus Manutius, text in Greek, double column, initials spaces with guide-letters, sig. F blank as called for, here ruled in red pencil, occasional early ink marginalia, a few later orange pencil fingerposts, lightly foxed, some staining, antique style blind-tooled calf with central gilt lettering, lightly stained, [Adams S-1717; Ahmanson Murphy 53; Renouard, Alde, 38: 15; EDIT 16 CNCE 36142, folio, Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1502.
⁂ Editio princeps of this work on Italian cities. The manuscript that was worked from was incomplete and so Aldus indicated the lacuna by omitting the letter F in the collation and encouraged the reader to supply the missing text should it be rediscovered.
Lot 215
Stephanus, Byzantius. De Urbibus [graece], 1502.
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Stephanus, Byzantius. De Urbibus [graece], edited by Aldus Manutius, text in Greek, double column, initials spaces with guide-letters, sig. F blank as called for, here ruled in red pencil, occasional early ink marginalia, a few later orange pencil fingerposts, lightly foxed, some staining, antique style blind-tooled calf with central gilt lettering, lightly stained, [Adams S-1717; Ahmanson Murphy 53; Renouard, Alde, 38: 15; EDIT 16 CNCE 36142, folio, Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1502.
⁂ Editio princeps of this work on Italian cities. The manuscript that was worked from was incomplete and so Aldus indicated the lacuna by omitting the letter F in the collation and encouraged the reader to supply the missing text should it be rediscovered.
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